Singapore Certificate of Identity
| Singaporean Certificate of Identity |
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| Issued by |
 Singapore |
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| Type of document |
Travel document |
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| Purpose |
International travel document |
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| Eligibility requirements |
Singaporean permanent residents who are stateless |
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| Expiration |
5 years |
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The Singaporean Certificate of Identity is an international travel document issued by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority to Singaporean permanent residents who are stateless.
Use
A holder of a Certificate of Identity can enter Germany and Hungary visa-free for a maximum of 90 days within a 180 day period.[1] In the case of Germany, for holders of a COI to enter visa-free, their travel document must be endorsed and issued under the terms of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 28 September 1954. However, as Singapore is not a signatory to the 1954 Stateless Persons Convention, in practice the visa exemption to Germany does not apply to any holder of the COI. However, COI holders can nonetheless qualify for a visa exemption to Hungary since the Hungarian government does not require their travel document to be issued under the terms of the 1954 Stateless Persons Convention.
References
- ↑ Information pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement
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